One of the biggest challenges cybersecurity teams face, aside from constantly having to foil threat actors, is to integrate data from the various tools they use to protect their organizations. But relief may be on the way in the form of the Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF), which aims to establish an interoperability standard. News of the creation of OCSF came during Black Hat USA 2022 in Last Vegas last week. The framework boasts participation from 18 of the IT industry’s biggest names, including Amazon AWS, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, Splunk and Salesforce. Such a standard would simplify the lives of cybersecurity professionals, who have complained for years about ineffective manual processes to integrate different tools. The lack of interoperability

Build confidence for exam day or expand your knowledge by attending Official (ISC)² Pre-Conference Training the weekend ahead of (ISC)² Security Congress. Participate by arriving in Las Vegas a couple of days early or maximize your time by joining in online on Saturday, October 8 and Sunday, October 9.  Learn from (ISC)² Authorized Instructors and gain a holistic understanding of the essential topics in the course of your choice. Your instructor – who holds the certification they are teaching – provides expert knowledge with experience from practice. You will engage in thought-provoking discussions within your class and expand your education by applying certification fundamentals to real-world applications. Full day on-site sessions include complimentary breakfast, lunch and break snacks. This year, we

We all have unconscious bias. In fact, our ability to use pattern recognition and informed judgement can be a benefit in many professions, especially cybersecurity. However, unconscious biases in areas of hiring, mentoring, promoting or developing staff could hamper efforts to build the cybersecurity workforce and to diversify the individuals who make up this group. (ISC)² has partnered with Cyversity, an organization whose mission is to achieve consistent representation of women and underrepresented minorities in the cybersecurity profession, to offer a series of free webinars addressing unconscious bias. The first webinar in this series – Understanding Unconscious Bias – will take place on June 29 at 1:00 p.m. ET on the (ISC)² Security Briefings webinar channel. Registration is open now

We are excited to announce that more than 1,000 cybersecurity career hopefuls have taken their first step toward launching their careers by taking the (ISC)² entry-level cybersecurity certification pilot exam. Once they earn the certification, they will demonstrate to employers they have the foundational knowledge, skills and abilities to succeed in entry- and junior-level roles. Since the program’s inception earlier this year, more than 1,000 people around the world have taken the exam and many have registered for the (ISC)² entry-level cybersecurity certification course with their exam still to come. With the global cybersecurity workforce needing to grow by 65% to effectively defend organizations’ critical assets, this program will help address the workforce gap by launching thousands of new cybersecurity

By Samuel Rugi, an MSc Information technology (Security), Certified Information Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Security Management (CISM), Cybersecurity Mentor at the Cyversity Organization and a Co-Chair Leadership LaunchPad at Technology Association of Oregon. Security awareness is becoming a hot potato for most of us in the cybersecurity sector, within our organizations, local and global communities. I have spent considerable time studying and working on this technical area as part of my duties while securing and championing best practices and behavioral change within various organizations. While this is not to claim that I am a distinguished industry expert in communication strategies, training like CISSP and my experience have led to success in my career. I believe these lessons can be